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Nicolas' eyes widened just slightly, and he took in a sharp and quick breath. It took his eyes time to adjust to what the air distortion was, and by the time they did, it was too late. The wave smashed into him, the impact as if someone had charged directly at him. Nicolas was knocked back again, but this time he couldn't keep on his feet. He fell to the ground a few feet away and slid for a couple more. The alarm bells in his head went off immediately as he realized the situation he was in.

Nicolas look up, doing his best to find Savas amid his blurred vision and just managed to do so. Still trying to recover, the only thing he could reliably do was to wait and see what Savas did next.

With the blast of wind hitting Nicolas directly, Savas continued on, in hopes of closing the distance quickly before his semblance ran out and Nicolas could gain a foothold in the situation. Charging as quickly as he could, he closed the distance, his heavy footsteps landing loudly on the ground. As Nicolas took on what looked like a guarded stance, Savas got within range of using the lightning crystal, but hesitated for a moment. He might be able to dodge this attack... he thought, but quickly erased any hesitation. The time to act was now or never and so, with a heavy vertical slash, Savas unleashed a bolt of lightning straight at Nicolas. Should this hit, then the battle would surely tilt in his favor and he would win. However, something in Nicolas' stance told Savas that he would need to be prepared for a second plan of attack.

Upon seeing that another ranged attack was on its way, more Dust spilled out of his cane, this time a mixture of propulsion, wind, and earth Dust. With a motion of the cane to his left, the Dust formed something of a wall, and with a sweeping motion back toward his right, the wall rushed forward toward Savas, crashing into and destroying the bolt of lightening in the process [feels like a single strong gust of wind with a lot more oomph; low actual damage].

With his senses coming back into focus, more Dust released from his cane, this time a pure white. Being careful of his leg, he launched himself into the air toward Savas with the intention of peaking out approximately above him. As he neared the peak of his trajectory, Nicolas prepared for his next attack, and as he passed overhead, he sent three fire-propulsion fireballs to rain down upon Savas.

Watching Nicolas thwart the lightning attack, Savas could only brace himself as the wall crashed into him, pushing him back a few feet. It was at that moment that his semblance came to an end and he took a moment to catch his breath. However, it was short-lived as Nicolas took that moment to fly into the air and fire three fireballs straight at him.

Cursing under his breath, Savas threw himself to the left, dodging two of the fireballs, but getting hit on his side by the third one, causing him to grunt as he knew his aura would dwindle from the attack. Pushing himself up as best as he could, he swung his sword and activated the lightning dust crystal once more. Try dodging this in mid-air he thought, shooting another lightning bolt straight at Nicolas. With the lightning dust crystal completely depleted along with the wind dust crystal, he only had a fire, earth, and one more wind dust crystal left in the hilt. Let's just hope I won't have to use it all up in this fight he thought as he got back up to his feet and readied for another barrage from Nicolas.

Nicolas was almost relieved when his attacks landed onto his opponent as if he was expecting otherwise. Almost. Soon after the attack, Savas sent his own straight at Nicolas, and he was wholly unprepared for it. Nicolas' body buzzed and tingled, and a sharp pain was felt along the area where the attack made contact with him. His arc through the air remained relatively unchanged, but his control over his own body was nearly non-existent.

Mentally, he braced for impact as much as he could and he crashed into the ground horizontally, bouncing and skidding along the ground until all his momentum was spent. Still, he was unable to move, at best being able to twitch, so he just laid there, defeated.

Watching Nicolas take the brunt of the attack and fall to the ground, Savas tried taking a step towards his opponent, but his already weakened legs from the use of his semblance gave out and he feel onto one of his knees. Sensing that the fight would almost be finished, he decided to take this moment to catch his breath. "Shall we call this fight as a draw or do you want to keep going?" he growled, chest heaving as he slowly calmed down his heartbeat.

Using Halvanhelev as a type of crutch, Savas mustered himself up and leaned against the sword. "Ngggrh...I must either be out of shape or your attacks hurt more than they appear" he muttered, his deep voice resonating through the area. Taking the opportunity to look around, he finally noticed a small crowd of people watching from a distance. Surely, the dust attacks had drew some attention and so Savas did his best to stand without using his weapon for support in hopes of looking a little more composed.

"If you want to keep go-" Nicolas started to talk, but Aurelia cut him off realizing that there was even a slight chance of the fight being prolonged.

"Absolutely not. Call it a draw," commanded Aurelia as she huffed her way over to him. She tilted herself over his body and placed her arms upon her hips. "Is this what you've spent all your time on?" She took note of Savas' comment but was reluctant to the thought. Still, she didn't bother to wait for an answer and instead made her way to Savas. "You okay, Sav?" Aurelia said as she knelt to the ground and inspected his person. He appeared to be decent enough, but his semblance and the attacks must've did their toll she figured.

"Arcana has been dormant since the last war. You don't think...," she muttered. Her voice trailed off.